swear off (something)
swear off (something)
To promise, pledge, or be determined not to do, use, eat, or imbibe something anymore. Thank you, but I don't drink. I swore off alcohol when my father was killed by a drunk driver. Jack swore off cigarettes for his New Year's resolution.
See also: off, swear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
swear off (something)
to pledge to avoid or abstain from something. I've sworn off desserts. I am on a diet. No dessert for me. I've sworn off.
See also: off, swear
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
swear off
Pledge to renounce or give up, as in I've sworn off cigarettes. This expression was first used for abjuring liquor in the first half of the 1800s but has since been broadened to just about anything.
See also: off, swear
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
swear off
v.
To pledge to renounce or give up something: I have sworn off cigarettes and alcohol.
See also: off, swear
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- swear off
- swear somebody to secrecy
- swore
- swear (one) to secrecy
- eat (something) out of (something)
- eat out of
- draw
- draw (someone or something) out of (someone or something)
- draw out of and draw out
- draw out of some place